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lite L0161700 (līt)adj. Slang 1. a. Having fewer calories or less of an ingredient than a food or beverage of the same kind: lite beer; lite salt.b. Having less weight than others of the same kind: lite trucks.c. Less serious, severe, difficult, or extensive than others of the same kind: "lite music, shimmering on the surface and squishy soft at the core" (Mother Jones).2. Used after a common noun or especially a proper noun to indicate that something, such as a work or action, is less serious, severe, difficult, or extensive than what is considered typical of the specified noun: "Compared with 'Gravity's Rainbow' or 'V.' ... this novel is Pynchon Lite" (Michiko Kakutani). [Alteration of light.]lite (laɪt) adj1. (Cookery) (of food and drink) containing few calories or little alcohol or fat2. denoting a more restrained or less extreme version of a person or thing: reggae lite. [C20: variant spelling of light2]lite (laɪt) adj. an informal, simplified spelling of light 2 , used esp. in labeling, naming, or advertising commercial products. lite′ness, n. -lite or -lyte a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils: aerolite; rhyolite. Compare -lith. [< French, simplified form of -lithe < Greek líthos stone; similarly German -lit, earlier -lith] ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | lite - having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"calorie-free, low-cal, lightfat-free, fatless, nonfat - without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk" | Translationslite
lite (spelling)(Misspelling of "light", when used to mean"lightweight") A suffix denoting a scaled-down or crippledproduct, often designed to be distributed without charge,e.g. on a magazine coverdisk. An example is pklite.light1. An aperture through which daylight is admitted to the interior of a building. 2. A pane of glass, a window, or a compartment of a window. 3. An artificial source of illumination. Also see ceiling light, dead light, divided light, dome light, elliptical fanlight, fanlight, lantern light, leaded light, pavement light, quarter-round light, semi-circular light, semielliptical light, sidelight, skylight, sodium light, sunburst light, transom light. 4. A spirelight.Lite A label claim on a food package asserting that it has one-third fewer calories or 50% less fat per servingLITE
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Synonyms for liteadj having relatively few caloriesSynonymsRelated Words |